Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, February 26, 1863

We reached our camp this forenoon in a rain which continued all day. General Quimby's division just went into camp here, from up the river. The regimental quartermasters are bringing in large quantities of cotton every day.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 102